One of my frederics is, the other isn't. My flavicarpa is as well- So I polinate between the fred's if they're both flowering, or with anyhting else that's in bloom. Caerulea has worked so far, but belotti & amethyst have not. Fred pollen may have worked to polinate lady margaret, but it may be too early to tell.

So pretty much all you have to do is polinate them and cross your fingers. If yours is self fertile then you're in luck. If not.. Get a something else & save some pollen.

Rsieminski,

If "Purple Possum" is a pure P. edulis selection, it should be self-pollinating.

It is self-pollinating, but IMHO, all tropical plants appreciate a little help, since we don't have those big ol' pollinating insects like the tropics does, or at least not in the same qunatities. My own purple possum, recently deceased from an unknown viral or fungal attack, survived from March of 2001-Septerber of 2005, unprotected, here on the Georgia coast. The 1st year it fruited, 2002, I had about 2 dozen fruits. In 2003 it gave me @60 fruits, in 2004 it gace me 111 fruits, and this year rewarded mw with 139 fruits. All of the highest commercial quality, too, mind you. I don't know if I had a particularly cold hardy clone or not, but this spring I will replant another edulis or two. It has been my experience that this plant can take brief temperatures down in the low 20's, virtually unscathed. A 27-28 degree night WITH FROST, however, will defoliate the plant. Good luck with it; edulis is a winner in my book for its lustrous, leathery, green leaves alone.

GREAT! How big were the fruit? What was the flavor like? Any pictures? How did you go about polinating them?
Thanks,
--Rick